Indonesians eager to return to homes on volcano's slopesUmbulharjo, Indonesia (AFP) Oct 27, 2010
Unfazed by the threat of being vaporised by lava, villagers were desperately trying to return home Wednesday to Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano, after eruptions killed 29 people.
The 2,914-metre (9,616-foot) volcano near Yogyakarta in Central Java unleashed a series of violent eruptions on Tuesday, hurling molten rock, deadly heat clouds and fine ash across the neighbouring countryside.
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